I made this model to be a Gloomhaven Sun Demon! I couldn't figure out a good way to realize the official artwork (http://www.cephalofair.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Sun-Demon.jpg) as a printable model, so I tried to reinterpret the monster a bit based on how it plays on the board. Since it's a flying monster that uses ranged attacks, I thought that it might be cool to have it hovering amidst a cloud of sunbeam-like tentacles. I tried to pose the monster like it's getting ready to launch some sort of energy attack, rather than giving it imposing spikes and blades like I did for the Night Demon.
I'm still working out how best to paint this guy... it's proven harder than I'd hoped it would be. I'm trying to make it look illuminated, so it's in whites, yellows, and oranges... but I'm not really happy with how the effect has worked out. I'm hoping that you guys can figure out something better =)
I printed these guys at .05 mm layers with a .25 mm nozzle. It definitly needs supports, but I designed the model to try and use the tentacles as support where possible. This is the first mini that I've printed where I removed more of Meshmixer's supports than I added! The right hand is the main part that needs support, although I added a few trees to help some of the more horizontal tentacle sections to print better. When adding trees, don't let them get too tangled up inside the tentacles! It's really hard to remove them if they're deep inside!
The Blend file for this model is available to my patrons at https://www.patreon.com/posts/21494950, please consider supporting me if you appreciate my work and have a few dollars to spare!
